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Declaring war on caps lock!
« on: August 16, 2006, 10:01:48 am »
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/16/1225239&from=rss

"I've launched a campaign to rid the world of the caps lock key. Sure, there are more serious problems to solve but please, think of the children! How am I going to explain to my kids why some of the most valuable keyboard real estate is squatted by a large, useless key that above all you must not press! "

I have to agree with him, Caps Lock DOES cause more problems then it's worth, and I haven't actually used it forever and ever. 
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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2006, 01:01:59 pm »
OMG WHAT KINDS OF PROBLEMS DO YOU THINK IT CAUSES????  I CAN"T BELIEVE THAT YOU WANT TO DO THIS TO US!!!  HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TEACH MY CHILDREN HOW TO SPAM AND BE EXTREMELY ANNOYING ON MESSAGE BOARDS NOW?  NO< WE MUST KEEP THE CAPS LOCK KEY!

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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2006, 01:03:29 pm »
Quote from: MyndFyre[x86] on August 16, 2006, 01:01:59 pm
OMG WHAT KINDS OF PROBLEMS DO YOU THINK IT CAUSES????  I CAN"T BELIEVE THAT YOU WANT TO DO THIS TO US!!!  HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TEACH MY CHILDREN HOW TO SPAM AND BE EXTREMELY ANNOYING ON MESSAGE BOARDS NOW?  NO< WE MUST KEEP THE CAPS LOCK KEY!

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YEAH I TOTALLY AGREE>  WHAT WOULD LIFE BE LIKE WITHOUT CAPSLOCK????
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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2006, 01:22:48 pm »
OMG THAT GUY IS SOOOOO STUPID CAPS LOCK IS LIEK CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL. ONLY THE COOL KIDS THAT USE MYSPACE USE CAPS LOCK, SO HE IS JUST MAD THAT HE IS LIKE TOO DUMB TO USE MYSPACE LOL ITS SO EZ AND ITS FREE AND MY BEST FRIEND IS TOM 8).

FUCK SHOE CLOSETS, I GOT MY OWN SWEAT SHOP NIGGA GOD DAMN.

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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2006, 01:24:44 pm »
Quote from: MyndFyre[x86] on August 16, 2006, 01:01:59 pm
OMG WHAT KINDS OF PROBLEMS DO YOU THINK IT CAUSES????  I CAN"T BELIEVE THAT YOU WANT TO DO THIS TO US!!!  HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TEACH MY CHILDREN HOW TO SPAM AND BE EXTREMELY ANNOYING ON MESSAGE BOARDS NOW?  NO< WE MUST KEEP THE CAPS LOCK KEY!

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That's why it's important to enable CAPS LOCK when your shift buttons are broken :).
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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2006, 02:11:07 pm »
But it takes up so much real estate!  It should be off in the corner or something...
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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #6 on: August 16, 2006, 02:16:23 pm »
Quote from: iago on August 16, 2006, 02:11:07 pm
But it takes up so much real estate!  It should be off in the corner or something...
Or they could just strink the size :/ or put it next to scroll lock.
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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #7 on: August 16, 2006, 02:33:45 pm »
Quote from: Ergot on August 16, 2006, 02:16:23 pm
Quote from: iago on August 16, 2006, 02:11:07 pm
But it takes up so much real estate!  It should be off in the corner or something...
Or they could just strink the size :/ or put it next to scroll lock.
Agreed!

So the next question is, what's a useful button that could go there instead? 
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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2006, 02:42:40 pm »
Rot13 key. Or a key that's tied to a program which indexes online porn continuously.
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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2006, 02:46:12 pm »
A more useful key... perhaps a Linux penguin key. Like the Windows key, except this key would have no useful function for Windows. Only for Linux. 8)

Hmm... good question. I should remove my caps lock key and make it do something else! :)

Perhaps extend the F1 - F12 keys with F13 - F24, and then you can hold this key and push one of those keys and get the corresponding key. That'd actually be neat I suppose for videogame enthusiasts who find themselves running out of key bindings.
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Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2006, 03:09:15 pm »
Quote from: Newby on August 16, 2006, 02:46:12 pm
A more useful key... perhaps a Linux penguin key. Like the Windows key, except this key would have no useful function for Windows. Only for Linux. 8)

Hmm... good question. I should remove my caps lock key and make it do something else! :)

Perhaps extend the F1 - F12 keys with F13 - F24, and then you can hold this key and push one of those keys and get the corresponding key. That'd actually be neat I suppose for videogame enthusiasts who find themselves running out of key bindings.

It's a lock, it even has the light already there, why would you need to hold it? Just push it and your F keys switch. Do it. Now.
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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2006, 03:10:24 pm »
I have: scroll lock, number lock, caps lock. Maybe on YOUR keyboard you have them, but this keyboard and many others I have used do not. :(
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Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 am
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #12 on: August 16, 2006, 04:55:14 pm »
Quote from: Newby on August 16, 2006, 03:10:24 pm
I have: scroll lock, number lock, caps lock. Maybe on YOUR keyboard you have them, but this keyboard and many others I have used do not. :(

I'm saying, the caps lock is a LOCK. Why would you force the user to HOLD the key you make?
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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #13 on: August 16, 2006, 05:15:20 pm »
That reminds me, I *HATE* (with astrisks) F-Lock.  Why the hell would I want F2 to REDO?  And both my keyboards at work have them, stupid Microsoft's crappy hardware.  My kingdom for a Logitech!

You know what's annoying as hell?  F-Lock is off by default, so if I have to press F2 to get into BIOS, I have to press F-Lock then F2.  That's stupid! stupidstupidstupid. 

I hate F-Lock. 
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Re: Declaring war on caps lock!
« Reply #14 on: August 16, 2006, 05:29:13 pm »
Quote from: iago on August 16, 2006, 05:15:20 pm
You know what's annoying as hell?  F-Lock is off by default, so if I have to press F2 to get into BIOS, I have to press F-Lock then F2.
Odd.  I have 2 MS keyboards at home and one at work, and all three have F-lock.  It's always on by default.  The only annoying thing is that I have to turn it off for print screen.  *shrug* You must not know how to type.  Clearly, you should kill yourself.

Quote from: Newby on August 16, 2006, 02:46:12 pm
A more useful key... perhaps a Linux penguin key. Like the Windows key, except this key would have no useful function for Windows. Only for Linux. 8)
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